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88 HOMES & ART SPRING 2011
In profile
Garry Zeck | Werkz in progress
G
arry Zeck’s vast studio in the
Swan Valley produces some
of the finest ceramic art in
Australia, yet it is no effete
‘latte and croissant’ space. It is a sprawling
double-storey workshop for a hard-working
practitioner, and reminds visitors why
Zeck is aligned with other tough-as -nails
WA art legends such as Robert Juniper, Ron
Gomboc and Antonio Battistessa. These
guys are artists. They are not ‘artistes’. The
difference is in the hard slog each endured
on the way to recognition and success.
Garry, about to celebrate his 70th
birthday, began his long apprenticeship
during the formative years of Western
Australia’s post-war art scene, when
commercial opportunities were limited.
“The lack of opportunity was, in hindsight,
not such a bad thing,” he says. “There
weren’t many galleries in Perth where you
could sell your art, so a young artist had
to practise rather than produce. It gave me
the time to get a command of painting.”
Werkz in progress
From painting to pottery, Garry
Zeck has blazed an artistic trail for
decades. Now he and his wife are
working on commissions together
under their Zeckwerkz banner
WORDS Rick Murphy PHOTOGRAPHY Michelle Taylor